"Here's the ugly truth: if you wanted to make #housing construction as expensive and uncertain and unreliable as possible, you couldn't do a better job than the system #California has set up." 1/3 strongtowns.org/journal/2019/7…
3/3 & this is why incremental development is so hard "Infill building projects are huge, complex, and rare, because the procedural obstacles and the costs are astronomical. Only large-scale development can justify the uncertainty, delays, and risk of the planning process" #zoning
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2/n Creative destruction-"In this process, as the norm, firms, including large firms, do not remain the same for long, as they are continuously replaced by new entrants." Yet some large firms remain large for decades e.g. @ATT, @Nestle . How pervasive is this & why does it occur?
3/n Paper considers 3 reasons: 1)Regulatory capture - "large business enterprises exploit the regulatory process to their advantage by, among other ways, erecting regulatory barriers to entry." as explained by Stigler and Petlzman
Here's a crazy thought: Has anyone ever considered that @amazon's dominance is due to the fact that it delivers things accurately and on time at a rate that exceeds their competitors? Because that is my experience.
I'm glad so many agree! To add some context, 2 recent events inspired this. My wife was missing 4 items from a recent Bath&Body works order but she had to call them after a couple days to confirm they made mistake & could ship in another package or provide refund. She took refund
She ordered something from Disney for a trip planned for next yr. Item comes to Arlington, VA but then inexplicably gets sent to MA. She gets on phone with USPS after an hour and they say not sure why that happened, but don't worry, it's coming back. So we'll see.
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 313,000 in Feb. & the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1%...Employment rose in construction, retail trade, professional & business services, manufacturing, financial activities, & mining. bls.gov/news.release/e…#JobsReport
Total age 25-54 (prime age) Labor Force Participation rate on upward trend back to pre-recession level
female 25-54 LFP rate has nearly reached pre-recession level #JobsReport